Well i will say i haven't taken a muscle relaxer all day and umm no wierd feeling!!! so maybe my legs and arms will stop dancing!...
OH MY GOODNESS I JUST got back from the dr for this very thing. I haven't been asleep for the last 4 nights because of it. Well of course she has no clue what it could be(of course) and guessed at an...
oh geeze i meant Savella not cymbalta. Cymbalta made me tired all the time. Well at least someone else has done it. I know jaw problems are a part of this. Yeah I won't even touch the lexapro she...
SO we're in the middle of moving to a cheaper and better place(not often you get both) i have not done any of the moving because now that i have my pain under control i don't want to mess it up....
oh very cool i'll have to check it out...
thanks donna!...
Well I didn't fall asleep till 5:30 and was awake at 7:30 blah. BUT my pain level did not spike up to a 10 at night like normal when i woke up it was about a 7 and now it's down to a 5. I'm also...
ok I was able to get my vitamin b and magnesium yesterday (walmart didn't have malic acid) I'm just wondering at what dosage do you guys take your supplement. My vit B is 100 mg and it says take one...
see i started outon cymblata and it made me even more tired. so i took it at night hoping it would help me sleep. Nope no such luck. I know it helps some people but wasnt right for me. If I was you...
I'm just wondering why so many of us get tossed anti depressents. I mean i know the nerves for pain are the same as feelings (ok that's like the way easy way to type it) but umm cmon now. Because of...
well today was a 4-5 but i'll take it considering i was a 10 for the last 2 weeks....
i'm glad you're feeling better and your dr sounds like mine. When i told her I would NOT take anymore anti depressents and told her why she was like....well you've only taken 3 and I didnt need to...
hopegirl I'm on 50 mg of Savella in the am and again in the pm. it takes about 3-4 weeks to start working and then i'm on the generic for flexeral of 10mg supposed to be 3 times a day but so far I...
I just got a bunch of books at the library on gluten and dairy free diets. I think i'll try the gluten first then see about adding in the dairy free(I LOVE my cheese) but yes i'm hoping it helps...
so i'm still on the savella and i started the muscle relaxers today w/ pain killers as needed. Well I've only had to take two doses of each the pain killer and the relaxer! One dose this morning and...
glad you got past those first 5 days and now things are a bit better.i'm excited for you you have family coming friends and family can make such a difference. I had some friends come to visit last...
I feel you. My hubby has Cronic Kidney Disease stage 1 and really he's fine once in awhile he'll say he has pain, but since this last flair all of a sudden he can't move?I've never seen him like this...
well i've been on the max dose of 50 in the am and 50 at pm and it's been two weeks(i've titrated up) i've only been on the max dose for 3 days now with the titrate. if anything i'm loosing wieght....
I just hope that i can see the nuero more then my regular dr since she's so ignorant and unwilling to learn. I figure though as long as she will keep reffering me i'm ok. I did get reffered to a pain...
Since I've been sick my cat PJ has been so lovey to me and will come up and lay next to me for hours on end. I love PJ and my other cat Scout even though he's only a kitten and still in the get into...
oh i'm so glad you found something that works for you!!!...
Well guess I wasnt as dehydrated(thank you fruit punch and sprite) because my bp was up to normal low bp for me 105/68. the PA asked what was going on and I looked at her like she was an idiot. I'm...
oh chicken i've had that happen to me too with the scripts and what i'm allergic too!!! it is scary. I'm a little stressed as well because even though we turned in our state insurance paperwork...
oh peggy i so hear you this is the first day i've been out of bed for the last 2 weeks! yes when i get hit with a flare i feel like my knees are the size of cantaloupe and you can't even look at me...
yea i took the lexapro from her then came home ad did my own research and that's when i thought no way no how am I putting this in my body on top of the Savella I just didn't feel safe doing it and...
Well I'm still on savella and not taking anything extra. I'm actually out of bed today which is a first in two weeks but like I stated i am still loosing weight. I'm keeping an eye on everything very...
Thanks for bumping this up i read it yesterday and reread it today. I will be bringing this up with my dr as another "complaint" I have i'm going to tell her if she does not take me seriously i am...
The one thing I dont like is this dr hands out so many samples. Which if they're doing that no way can a pharmicist tell you what is bad together ya know? yeah i'm so scared of the serotonin...
thank you everyone. I will be getting copies of ALL my tests. Smoeone asked what my pain is and it's BOTH nerve and muscle. Like right now the top of my hands hurt like heck. I didnt sleep at all...
Cajun I read up on it two nights ago and just didn't like what I read. of course can't remember now what it was but something set me off on it. Hoping the cymbalta works for you i know for me it just...
I JUST read moonmatrix's post and had to not start crying it was hard. Yes I still dont have a dignosis that's what I'm waiting for and the only reason the lexapro was subscribed was to give me...
man i wonder if this is why i'm loosing weight like i have been? I've been on it 2 weeks and have lost so much weight that my dr wants to send me to a cancer and blood dr....sigh. Moonmatrix i'm so...
Hi gypsy today after my 8 millionth trump at the hospital i honestly said i hope i die. yes i said it. You're not alone. No one in this town seems to get fibro and it's sooo frustrating. I'm not...
So since my last dr's apt two weeks ago when I started the Savella my pain and fatigue has been so intense I cant get out of bed. Seriously i'm in so much pain I cant concentrate on anything.Well I...
Hi desiree it's nice to meet you. I'm Wendy I just joined this group this week as well. I have not been lucky enough to be diagnosed yet and am right now going through the "well your blood work came...
I have a friend that just switched and she loves them. I don;t know if I could do it or not. They seem so expensive and to me the concept seems a little creepy lol but man my husband would love me if...
its just always nice when people do things like that it gives you hope still! I used to be a crafter...till I had kids....
Yeah I very rarely wear a bra and honestly this was one of te very early symptoms for me. Anything that goes over my shoulders is uncomfortable on my arms. Most days I'm in boxers and a very loose...
thanks Sherrine. So how do I find out if the phamarcy is compound or not?...
oh my goodness I'm so sorry big gentle hugs to you....
kathy i'm the same way the other day i could tell it was going to be a bad day because when i woke up I grabbed a magazine and it fell right out of my hand onto my foot....which of course was...
thank you girls that actually did answer a lot. because the last flare i had was in June/July and it lasted a month and ended with me in the hospital and of course still no answers. So of course i...
ok i've heard the term a few times. What is a compound pharmacy?I've never heard of that before...
I'm so glad you had a good day today! and thank you for sharing!...
I'm just wondering because it seems like I never feel like I'm NOT in a flare up. yesterday was an ok day I was even able to go clean my father in laws house a bit and I made sure I didn't push...
Well I hope the cymbalta works for both of you I tried it a few weeks ago and all it did was make me even more tired.(yeah that's what I needed right?) It's so weird how it's such a hit and miss with...
oh i'm so glad it went so well for you!!!!!yeah that's funny about the nurse. Not sure I could've kept my mouth shut!...
you know I keep a daytime and nightime pain log. I keep it as blunt as possible. i write down any symptoms I have throughout the day then next to it if it was extreme bad or mild. Also if anything...
Silly, what does the Lisinopril do for you? My husband s on it for his kidney disease so I was just wondering. I'm on Savella now I'm still titrating my way up i take 25 in the morning and then again...
SO as far as walking goes and those that have problems with it what do you do when it comes time for grocery shopping? I do the shopping once a month and it's usually 2 carts since we have 4 kids....